2014 Benanti Pietramarina Etna Bianco Superiore

“Benanti are the kings of this style: a Chablis-like, minerally Carricante. Beautifully balanced with hints of sea salt, delicate white flowers, acacia, honey and waxy lanolin. Everything is subtle, understated and elegant. One of Italy’s most long-lived white wines. (SH)” (12/2018)

“This is one of the wines that most shaped my Sicilian palate. The 2014 Etna Bianco Superiore Pietra Marina offers a rich and enduring bouquet of stone fruit, honey, toasted pistachio nuts and wild fennel. This wine is completely Sicilian in spirit and form. Of course, you will also recognize those characteristic volcanic notes of crushed mineral and salt. Fruit for Pietra Marina is sourced on the east side of Etna (in Milo) with vineyards planted at 800 meters above sea level. (ML) 92+” (12/2018)